$750,000 Lamborghini explodes

Yet another exotic supercar has gone up in flames, this time during a test drive in the US.

16 April 2012Matt Campbell

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Another supercar on fireA Californian internet entrepreneur's attempt to test drive a Lamborghini ends when the car catches on fire.

Ferrari is not the only Italian supercar maker affected by cases of spontaneous combustion, it seems.

Video and images of a Lamborghini Aventador burning to the ground have surfaced on the internet, with reports on automotive enthusiast site Jalopnik claiming the car was being test driven by a potential buyer at the time it caught on fire.

The car reportedly belonged to a Lamborghini dealer and was reportedly being driven by an internet entrepreneur who happily posed in front of the Italian supercar after fire-fighters extinguished the blaze.

Photo posted on Facebook by John Morgan Evans.

A traffic site posted updates about the status of the fire, stating: ?Left Rear Wheel on Fire 12:07 PM? ? which suggests the car didn?t catch fire due to a collision.

According to Jalopnik, Lamborghini is ?trying to figure out what happened?. It?s the first known case of a Lamborghini Aventador being engulfed by flames.

Source: Jalopnik.

The fire is the latest in a long line of infernos involving high-end performance cars, including another case over the weekend involving a German man?s Spyker C8 supercar (pictured right), found burnt out in its parking space when he returned to his car after dinner.

Other exotic brands have recently encountered fire-related problems. BMW recalled 1.3 million 5-Series and 6-Series models over a battery problem, and Porsche recalled its 911 coupe over a fuel-line leak.